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    "content": "The other ensuing issue arising from the erroneous application of the High Court Judgment is in respect to the National Assembly Bills in the Senate whose consideration the Speaker of the Senate had halted on grounds that no resolution had been made between the two Speakers in terms of Article 110(3) of the Constitution. To this end and in light of the Court of Appeal Judgment, I shall be consulting my distinguished colleague and counterpart in the Senate for reconsideration of his decision halting the consideration of the National Assembly Bills in the Senate. In this regard, I have in mind the Kenya National Library Service Bill, 2020; the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) (No.3) Bill, 2019; the Public Service (Values and Principles) (Amendment) Bill, 2019; the Cancer Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020; and, the National Youth Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019, whose consideration was stopped in the Senate. Hon. Members, from what I have just highlighted, you will agree with me that the legal dispute between the two Houses and the different interpretations of the High Court Judgment adopted by both Houses was threatening to frustrate the legislative business of Parliament, its committees, individual Members and the cordial relationship between the two Houses. It had also threatened to negate the legislative authority of the institution of Parliament as provided for in Articles 94, 95 and 96 of the Constitution. Hon. Members, I must, therefore, commend the Judges of the Court of Appeal for settling all the pertinent constitutional issues and, more so, for upholding the Constitution and the High Court decision in the famous Pevans East Africa Case by applying the “pith and substance test” to establish whether a Bill concerns county governments. Please join me also in lauding the Members of this House who have been instrumental in offering counsel on the matter, the Clerk of the National Assembly, our internal and external counsel for their contributions and enriching submissions to the case which made it a success."
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